The goal of this research is to develop an integrative modelling technique that is easy enough to be used by most
business users with little training, but robust and structured enough to be used in subsequent Information ...

South Africa is an ideal test bed for ICT4D research, since on the one hand it has stark development challenges,
and on the other hand it has well established ICT infrastructure that could be utilised towards socio-econ ...

Infographics, have emerged as an appealing academic tool. Supplementing traditional learning material such as textbooks, or PowerPoint slides, infographics allow for summarised versions of the same material.
Millennials ...

Data has become an invaluable asset to organizations. However, it is evident from the existing literature that despite the increased awareness of the importance of their data assets, many organizations fail to manage and ...

The challenges of healthcare delivery in Africa are well documented. Advances in technology present an opportunity to address some of these challenges in a cost-effective manner. Notwithstanding these advances, many ...

The utilisation and adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in small to medium enterprises (SMEs) around the world has had a signiﬁcant effect on most economies, and has resulted in sustainable growth ...

The W3C standardized Semantic Web languages enable users to capture
data without a schema in a manner which is intuitive to them. The challenge is that,
for the data to be useful, it should be possible to query the data ...

E-textbooks are often considered as having several advantages over printed textbooks. However, research shows conflicting results regarding school learners’ satisfaction with e-textbooks. In South Africa a particular e-book ...

Social media plays a positive role in the lives of students by providing social networking, communication and information functionalities. However, social media also acts as a distraction, resulting in multi-tasking between ...

Enterprise knowledge is currently subject to ever-changing, complex and domain-specific modeling requirements. Assimilating these requirements in modeling languages brings the benefits associated to both domain-specific ...

A challenge in ontology engineering is the mismatch in expertise between the ontology engineer and domain expert, which often leads to important constraints not being speciﬁed. Domain experts often only focus on specifying ...

Business transformation in organizations is imperative due to the rapid and complex nature of the changes in business environments. Organizations are required to consider new strategies, innovative products and services, ...

Enterprise Architecture (EA) is an emerging field that focuses on the establishment of a conceptual blueprint that describes the structure and operation of an organization. The purpose is to enable the organization to ...

The role of information systems (IS) evolved from supporting basic business functions to complex integrated enterprise platforms and ecosystems. As a result, enterprises increasingly adopt enterprise architecture (EA) as ...

Entrepreneurship is seen as a primary tool in the fight against unemployment, poverty and social inequality. Although various entrepreneurial training models exist, many of these have not considered the influence of current ...

Being in nature is often regarded to be calming, relaxing and purifying. While technology has
the potential to support engagement with nature, developing systems that provide support in
an unobtrusive manner holds many ...

ORIENTATION : High turnover of information technology (IT) personnel is a major problem
facing many global and local organisations. An increasingly important area of turnover
research of IT personnel experiencing role ...

Diagrams are widely used in our day to day communication. A knowledge of the spatial patterns used in diagrams is essential to read and understand them. In the context of diagrams, spatial patterns mean accepted spatial ...

Children should be included in the design process when developing new technology solutions for child users. Involving children from different age groups as well as diverse socio-economic circumstances in participatory ...

We live in a world that has seen a multitude of scientific and technological innovations and advances.
One arguably revolutionary innovation has been the advent of the Internet. The Internet along
with various other ...